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definition of tennis

The tennis It's one of the most popular and practiced sports around the world, meanwhile, its practice is developed in a basketball court characterized by being a flat terrain, made of brick or cement dust, rectangular in shape and divided into two sections by a network.

That division is precisely the one that marks each side of the court in which the players will be arranged. You can play one and one, that is, one player faces another, a modality known as singles and if not in doubles or pairs they will face another.

In order to practice it, in addition to the field of play, two elements are essential: tennis racket and ball. The players will take hold of the racket and with it they must hit the ball that must go over the net. If this does not happen, the point will be counted for the opposite. Also when one of the players does not return the ball correctly, the point is finished and obviously it is awarded to the opponent.

Players develop various strokes when playing tennis, including: the serve (it is the blow with which the match starts), the drive or right (the ball is hit after the rebound with the skillful arm of the tennis player), reverse (consists of a blow that is given on the opposite side to the drive), volley (it is a hit that the player makes in the air before the ball bounces on the court), drop shot (with this blow it is intended that the ball loses power and falls very close to the net on the opponent's side), auction (It implies a movement similar to the serve but is done over the head).

The game begins with the service of one of the players and it must bounce on the opposite side of the court from the one that was served. There are two serve possibilities, that is, if the first one fails, another is available. The game will continue with the ball going back and forth bouncing only once from each side, if there is more than one bounce or it leaves the court the player loses the point. If four points are earned, the game or game and if you win six games you get the set. The match consists of two sets, with the possibility of a third in the event of a tie and in match tournaments. Grand slam five sets are supported.

Although since the first half of the last century it was given a professional character, tennis has been practiced for a long time, obviously with some differences in terms of elements but its modality was already known for several centuries.

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